Hey Bob, Nice rules discussion. It's to bad you have to be called names for explaining the basic rules. Of course your correct on all your explanations.
It seems to me people make things much more complicated than they need to be.
If you are trying to drive over someone, they will take you up. You can't take them above a mark and you have to give room to finish.
If you try and squeeze in at the committee boat, expect to get scraped off. That hole you see is a mirage and will disapear very quickly.
If you are on H16 and there is a pack of Tigers coming downwind at you, get out of the way. They sound like a freight train and can't avoid you as easily as you can avoid them. Your not racing them. When I'm being driven over by a bigger faster boat I just ask that they make it as quick and painless as possible, don't fight it.
Who has not overstood A on port tack and came in hot. It happens all the time. No one wants to tack under other boats and it's not always easy to find a clean lane.

The H16 should have went up instead of down. As was mentioned, this type of things should be addressed with new or older sailors coming back.
We always have a post skippers meeting gathering with people that need a explanation of the starting sequence and some basic rules.Addressing what to do around spin boats is a great topic to add.
This year a buddy system has been formed to assign an A fleet skipper to a novice and help with boat setup,rules and questions someone new may have.

The one thing I have not seen mentioned is that if the I20 boat used profanity in expressing his concerns, then he can be tossed no matter how correct he may have been.
I think it falls under Gross Misconduct.
Maybe Bob can explain.

I have been racing(if I can keep up) with Bob(Rhody)since he went to cats and he is a perfect gentleman on and off the water.